wed-nes-day and evaluations

i've kind of been stumped for what to post about recently. there's a bunch of phrases and ghobally-gook in my head, yet none of that can be turned in to a full post. so i would really appreciate feedback on any of the posts. and some inspiration for topics you'd like to know about. i'm pretty open to things. as long as it isn't something like butter, which i have not yet figured how to fit in to a post. sorry. drew.

recently in my history class we've been studying the internment of the japanese people during w.w.two. and today we read a selection from book called 'farewell to manzanar'. in the selection we read the author says something like ' the months turned to years and we began to forget about the war, we began to forget why we were in the camps in the first place.' it was interesting. i couldn't stop rereading that quote and thinking the only way to 'stay fresh' or current to to continually reevaluate our motives. our purposes for what we're doing. in a book i have been sporadically reading entitled 'my first to years in ministry' doug fields (the author) mentions that we need to always reevaluate our ministry. check up together. what works. what doesn't. and that's what keeps groups alive. he sites multiple examples that would relate to this. but the biggest one for me was the story that he told where a youth leader played a particular song. that made everyone super emotional. but did she have a purpose in it? not. really. she had used it before on a different group and it had obviously had a positive effect. yet in this instance it just left the camp with over one-hundred crying kids. we need to constantly evaluate and assess what works best for that group. maybe that sounds strange to those of us who aren't in charge of a ministry or a large group of kids. but think about school. we each have our own ways to learn and to study. i like making flash cards but if i did that in every class would i be successful. no. what about math? does memorizing the definition of an algebraic function as an expression that consists of numbers, variables, operations, and grouping symbols. also called a variable expression really help me on the test, when the problem is 2/3p*8/7-r^2-5= 19? probably not the best thing is to practice problem after problem. but for all of us it is different. i study through repetition and very often spoken word. for some of us it is through writing things out over and over again and maybe the point of all is that is that we needed to assess what we can do to succeed. what needs to be done to always know your purpose for particular tasks. so for the rest of the week avoid spending extra time on facebook. try reading a book. anything. just evaluate that situation and do something to better yourself. because you can you just to need evaluate.

and just because it's lent i'll give my opinion of christ in this situation. it's believe that jesus knew for before he was born that his purpose was to come to earth. preach the word. die. and rise again. simple, right? ha, christ always had the future insight and yet knew what his purpose was the whole time. pretty amazing? yeah well, that's christ for ya!

quote of the day:

'always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much' -oscar wilde

joke of the day:

'why aren't blondes allowed in nascar?'

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because they'd stop to ask for directions!

photo of the day:

live. love. forgive. and never give up. much love and peace, dmaloney